Dasha Charapko

Current FSU student and MURAP scholar studying the history of science. All opinions are my own.

[Rep. Anna V. Eskamani, PhD 🔨 @AnnaForFlorida]

Today a Planned Parenthood Health Center in Fort Myers was attacked by anti-abortion extremists & hours later FL lawmakers pushed forward HB5, the 15 week abortion ban. Floridians who traveled to testify were unable to speak. We will keep fighting to protect reproductive freedom.

[World Health Organization (WHO) @WHO]

#HeLaCells were mass produced, for profit, without recognition to the @LacksFamily.
Over 50,000,000 metric tonnes of HeLa cells have since been distributed around the world, the subjects of over 75,000 studies.

[Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC]

Healthcare is not an “entitlement” to be earned. It is a human right.

[Dasha Charapko @HistoryofDasha]

@murap_iaar Why don't we see many old women in film? Why do we see so much discourse online about what generation is morally better when the real problem is not a person's age but their attitudes towards race, gender, etc?

[Dasha Charapko @HistoryofDasha]

@murap_iaar Even though my research corroborates a lot of what has already been said about age and US gender norms in the late 18th / early 19th century, I hope that it could at least serve as a catalyst for us wondering how age impacts the way that we see certain women.

[Dasha Charapko @HistoryofDasha]

@murap_iaar But these women do not lack authority over themselves! That is just their natural bodies. Old women's authority should be respected regardless if their skin is smooth or wrinkled.

[Dasha Charapko @HistoryofDasha]

@murap_iaar Male practitioners wanted women to defer to their authority and adhere to gender norms. But many older women did not necessarily perfectly adhere to these expectations. Lower-class women's folk practices were often associated with superstition and treated with ridicule.

[Dasha Charapko @HistoryofDasha]

@murap_iaar In terms of authority, practitioners had a very paradoxical view of old women in the medical realm. They could praise their participation in one article and disparage it in the next.

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@HistoryofDasha Q4: What are the key findings from your research? #justtransform #murapchat

[Dasha Charapko @HistoryofDasha]

@murap_iaar I also created a category to document positive and negative references to trained medical practitioners and domestic / folk practitioners. I derived my analysis of authority using this information.

[Dasha Charapko @HistoryofDasha]

@murap_iaar I made sure to also pay attention to extraneous details that do not relate to the patients' condition, and information about race and social class.

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@HistoryofDasha Q3: Can you describe your methods? #justtransform #murapchat